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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-10
ArtichokeS.

The best use these can be put to is
to feed hogs. Other stock will eat
them, but you can derive more bene-
fit from them by feeding to hogs than
anything else. They are very easily
reised, too easily, some think, after
they get firmly established. Any soil
that will raise q profitable crop of
corn or potatoes will also raise a.
good crop of artichokes. They should
be planted at about the same time as
Irish potatoes, and much after the
same manner. prefer to cut, leav-
ing one or two eyes In each piece, as
they will 60 further and the plants
will not be too badly crowded. The
soil should be reasonably we'll pre-
pared by plowlng and narrowing or
dragging until in good condition.
Mark Off the rows one way. and have
them about three and half or
four feet apart, SO that the cultiva.
tion may be done with either a pillow
or cultivator. plant in drills, drop
ping two cuts in each place, about
fifteen or eighteen inches apart. You
can cover with pillow or hoe; the
pillow is the quickest, but
the hoe is the best. I
always make it rule in covering
corn, cane, potatoes or artichokes
with the hoe, to step upon each hill
after covering so as to press the soil
firmly upon the seed. Give sufficient
cultivation to keep them reasonably
clean OF weeds, and keep the soil mel
low. I prefer to take reasonably good
care to Kill out all the weeds possible
the firs5 year, as they will readily reset
themselves and in such way that
cultivation may be somewhat
difficult. Generally three cultiva-
tions will be all that Is neces-
sary. They do not set
tubers late in the fall, but will yield
enormously. There are two kinds,
the red and white. [ prefer the white
for feeding. You can dig as you need
them for feed. They will not keep for
any considerable time after digging
unless pitted away. AS good g. plan
as any, in fact [ consider it the best
and most economical,Iis to fence them
off to themselves and turn in the hogs.
They will readily root them up and
eat what they want. Hogs will thrive
upOl Uu0lu duO Keep III SOOO uOalUu.
Soue enthusiastic growers claim them
as preventive and cure for cholera.
l have never tried them and cannot
say from experience. [ have raised
them and always allowed the hogs to
feed upon them, turning them in and
letting them help themselves, and con-
slider them a cheap, economical hog
feed. They will leave enough in the
soil to reseed the next year go that
planting will be unnecessary. In fact,
b plantation, or plot Of them, after
making one good crop, will last FIVE
Or six years without replantng.
In getting rid of them thorough Gull
tivation is necessary. If you keep
them down all one year, and do not
allow one to make any considerable
growth, you will find very little diff
Guilty in getting rid of them. [ have
never tried them south of this, but my
Judgment would be that they would
prove valuable in the south as pig
feed, and could be raised to an ad-
vantage there for that purpose. Most
all seedmeu Of any prominence keep
them. If any desire to give them g.
trial, g. pound would be sufficient to
give them q start N, j. Shepherd in
Practical Farmer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-10
Value Of Farm Products.

The leading farm products OF the
United States amount to 81 OLA ,OOO,-
600 annually. That alone, independent
OF manufacture, fisheries, ETC., repre-
sents an average income Of $40 per
year for every man, woman and child
in the country
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-10

The bankruptcy of Lord Colin
Campbell seems to be complete. The
official statement of his affairs puts
his liabilities at $78,11C and his as
sets at $3.50.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-10
Farming OterdOne,

That the business OF farming has
been overdone will not surprise
those who consider how it has been
stimulated in go many ways. All the
land grants to new railroads were so
many bounties to encourage the filling
in of territory that otherwise might
have remained unoccupied fifty years
longer. In the East the use of artificial
fertilizers has encouraged the pro-
duction of grain, and especially wheat
beyond all precedent. Each of these
stimulants shows signs OF losing it's
former effectiveness. The best of the
new lands are already occupied, and at
the East wheat is so low in price that
on many farms it can no longer be
proftably grown, even by commercial
fertilizers. These two causes cooper
ating must produce diminished pro-
duction of wheat in time. At least
the expansive period when everything
was turned to the stimulation OF
grain-grC owing has past. This is true
not only in this country, but all over
the world. Cheap as farm products
are, we are holding our own, and, in
wheat especially, are supplying more
of the requirements of Europe than
any other country.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-10
MILK and Cream in Summer.

While the weather is hot, there Is
danger that the milk will sour before
the cream has risen as it should.
With the temperature at ninety or
over, milk scarcely cools at all, and
the souring process goes on rapidly.
A little very cold water, or ice ifit can
be had, put in each pan as it is set,
helps to cool the milk quickly, and at
the same time to hasten the separa-
ton of the cream. This is the prin-
ciple Of the creamery system, but was
known end practised by many house
wives before the creamery was in
vented. 1t was suggested by washing
out milk-pails after straining, and
putting this in the last pan, which
yielded more cream than those not so
treated.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-10
Large Coarse-wooled Sheen.


The large sheep are only adapted to
rich land. They are great feeders, and
the old rule of eight sheep requiring as
much pasture as one cow does not ap-
ply to them. Sheep eat clover so
closely that they will entirely destroy
it. On timothy and other grasses
they are uneven feeders, unless they
are pastured very closely. AS soon
as grass gets a little coarse it is re-
jected and left to grow without check,
while other parts of the pasture are
eaten down to the root. Fine wooded
sheep will stand the excessive pastur-
ing that seems to be necessary with
this stock; but large coarse sheep will
grow poor on it. This is the reason
why the. larger breeds of sheep must
generally be kept in small focks, go
that each can get enough to eat.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-05-04
BOARD OF TRADE.

The Board of Trade meeting Monday
evening was we'll attended although
there were other gatherings in the city
to draw the members away from their
meeting. Il circular letter from Senator
Pope of Mankato. president of the State
Business Mems Association. was read by
the secretary. Mr.. Pope's letter was in
regard to the proposed suspension of the
fourth sectlon-long and short haul
clause-of the Inter State Commerce
bill He asks the Board of Trade to pre-
pare afidavits and statements of TACT to
be sent to the secretary of the Commis
sion at Washington, asking that trial
be given to the bill as it stands.
Messrs. F. A. Engle, Banfeld and
French were appointed a Committee to
prepare and forward matter to the secre-
tary as Mr.. Pope's letter suggests.
Correspondence, school matters and
site for soldiers home were discussed at
length. after which Board adjourned to
next Monday evening.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-05-04
MINNESOTA NEW s.

Glencoe Register, Apr. 90: The cold
storm of Friday last retarded the work of
seeding in this county. Not much more
than half the crop was in last Saturday.
There is only one really disagreeable
feature about the Minnesota climate. The
sleighing is rather poor in July and Aug
ust. The balance of the year it is general
ly first class.-Ex.
Rochester is to have building and
loan association. A meeting was held
Friday last and committee appointed
to pre- pare articles of incorporation, and
all papers to perfect an organization.
An extremely severe hail and wind
storm visited the northern part of the
state Saturday afternoon. At Duluth
streets and cellars we're flooded. The dam
age is put at $4,000. At Fergus Falls
several barns and chimneys were blown
down.
By runaway in Owatonna. Reuben
Grubich was killed, and Leo Korth and
Lois Kuchenbecker were severely injured,
The accident was caused by the tongue of
the wagon dropping out OF the neck
western part of Steele county.
The Southeastern Creamery Association
held their annual meeting at Winona Fri
day last, and elected the following off,
GERS: President, G. E. Marvin. Roches-
ter; Secretary, G. G. Edwards, Spring
Valley; Treasurer, II. D. Morse, Winona.
A resolution was passed asking the rail-
roads to change the classification of dairy
products.
The west bound passenger train on the
Northern Pacific R.R. near Bismarck was
thrown from the track on Saturday
The accident was caused bv the heating
and twisting Of the rails by the sun. Will
liam Otis Breed. young man from Fari
bault was killed. About twenty-five OF
the passengers were wounded. some o1
them mortally.
Zumbrota News. Apr 28 "A surveying
party in the employ of the Duluth, Red
Wing & Southern railway, arrived in
town last evening, and to-day com
menced the survey between this village
and Rochester. The party is composed
as follows: VIM. Danforth, C.E. Louis
G.. Hill, A. D. Danielson. Chas. Dow
Alfred Perkins and P. A. Sandberg.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-05-04
RAILROAD JOTTINGs..

RAILROAD JOTTINGs. ,.sa
Engineer Barr is on the sick list.
johnny Ober has been fixing up his
house in fine shape this spring.
Engineer McFadden, Of the switch en-
gine, is laying off on account Of sickness3
Forrest Jones has purchased a lot on
the west side with the intention of build
ing. .S:-$
VIM. Chambers, who runs the Mime
sofa Transfer engine between Minneapo
lis and st. Paul is down on visit to
Austin.
0. G. Cornforth has rented his house to
his cousin, Mr.. Fountain Mr. and Mrs.
G. will be found at the old place as board
ers, hereafter. a.. :. 49,.
Henry Deily has just returned from a
trip to his home at North McGregor.
Dan Hunt had charge Of his engine during
his absence. -
Over hauling, cleaning and dusting is
going on at>a great rate in the third ward,
as natural result men can be seen flying
for their lives in every direction.
Sandy Sullivan, fireman of No. 100, to
Owatonne, is reported to have joined
hands. The boys would like to feel sure
of it. How is it, Sandy? Please report.
The boys say that Mike Davey seems to
be getting wonderfully sly lately. Are
there any cigars coming, Mike? The
boys would like to know what to expect.
Charley Parks reports that while cross
ing Fort Smelling bridge Sunday evening
the wind took the top off box car,
holding the top up on the side of the
bridge until the train had passed, when
it dropped down upon the track.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-05-04

Atchison (Kan.) Globe: Tell me not in
mournful numbers, that the town is full
of gloom, for the mans crank who
slumbers, in these days of bustling boom.
Life is real. life is earnest, and the grave
is not its goal, every dollar that thou turn
est helps to make the old town ROLL But
enjoyment and not sorrow is our destined
end or way; If you have no money, bor-
row--buy a corner lot each day! Lives
of great men all remind us, we can win
immortal fame, let us leave the chumps
behind us. and we'll get there just the
same. In this worlds broad field of bat
tie, in the bivouac of life, let us make
the dry bones rattle-buy corner for
your wife! Let us then be up and doing,
with heart for any fate, still achieving,
still pursuing, booming early, booming
late
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-05-04
RAPID PROGRESS.
The Farmers Mutual Live Stock
Association Of Austin, MINI.

How it i. Run. It's Standing, And What
1t Is Doing.
While looking up the progress of the
different kinds of business in the city,
our attention was called to the Farmers
Mutual Live Stock Association of this
place, and we were requested to examine
the books of the Association.
We find that the Association has issued
over 3,100 certificates of membership, and
paid over $4,000 in losses since the Goth
of November 1885, This seems surprls-
ing, but nevertheless it is true, and with
over 700 able representatives in the field,
its rapid growth is assured.
The Association is doing business in
twenty different states and territories,
and that it is giving universal satisfaction
is shown by it's rapid increase. The Sec
retary informs US that at the present rate
of progress they will have over 10000
members by the 1st of July, 1887. Then
one cent from each member will pay for
a horse worth 800, and one dollar from
each member will raise $4,000. Thus it
will be seen that the expense after join.
ing the Association will be anything but
oppressive.
One of the important features of the
Association is that it is backed by some
of the best stock men in the United States.
The books of the Association are al
ways open for inspection, and all money
paid in by the members is strictly &C.
counted for by the officers.
The Association is composed of farmers
and stock raisers all over the country,
who unite for mutual protection. Every
member has a vote IN the election of
officers. The Association IS governed by
board of directors, elected by the mem
bers themselves and no officer receives
any compensation except for actual ser,
vices rendered.
The Association is incorporated under
the laws of the State, and is being man
aged by officers made familiar by long ex-
perlence with insurance in all its various
details.
Farmers and stock raisers desiring to
insure IN mutual company, will do we'll
to look up the workings of the Farmers
Live Stock Association, of Austin, MINI.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-05-04
More Railroads.

Pioneer Press: An extension of the
Illinois Central from its Iowa line to Aus
tin, bringing that corporation into Min
nesota, and ultimately, it is expected, to
St. Paul. ........@
The Red Wing Il Southern, though IN:
corporated, has not commenced building
yet. Its route southwark, it is surmised,
will take IN Owatonna, Rochester, by a
branch from Zumbrota, and connect at
Austin with the Illinois Central. Going
north it will cross the Mississippi at Red
Wing, and passing through Western Wis
consin to Duluth. It's construction is
promised any time within the next two
years
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-05-04
MORE PETTY JEALOUSY.

Albert Lea Standards: It is rumored
that Austin is to have street cars; Mike
and Doc Hollister is to be conductor.
There is great excitement over it and
wild land along the proposed line readily
No, no, Mr.. Standard we cannot allow
you to report Doc Hollister as out Of the
congressional race. We don't treat our
great men thusly. If life IN a village
hadn't spoiled Sargent we would feel like
doing something for him if he would
come to this growing city. We are
building great pottery works here, and
wouldn't he be a good hand to mix
the CLAW?
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-05-04

THE New York Independent claims to
have discovered that the articles in an
eastern journal, and signed Arthur Rich
mond, and severely criticising George
William Curtis and Secretary Bayard
were written by Gail Hamilton. The In
dependent also ascribes to the same
source the authorship of that pungent
series of letters, addressed to a president
elect published in the New York Tribune
after the election of Grover Cleveland.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-05-04

The case of supposed pleuro pneumo-
MIA in the herd of Ames, French s. Co.,
near Fergus Falls, has been investigated
by officers of the State Board of Health.
Out of herd of 181 cattle, II have died.
A post mortem examination has revealed
serious lung trouble, but as yet the char
acter of the disease is unsettled. The
State Board recommends unceasing vigi-
lance on the part of all interested in stock
raising to prevent the importation of the
dread disease
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-05-04
The Tribune sewing Machine.

The Weekly Tribune, of Minneapolis,
is having manufactured, an improved
Singer Sewing Machine, with four draw
ers, walnut case and table, which IS be-
lieved to be the best finished and most
complete sewing machine ever offered
in the United States for the money. Par
ties getting up clubs are allowed good
commission, which is applied as part pay
ment. Subscribers sending $17 receive
the Sewing Machine and the Weekly Tn-
bune for one year. Freight must be paid
by party ordering machine.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-05-04
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Gre0u Apples !!

ten in the spring time, or any othee !
season, is liable to give one bowel tro u
BILE, which can be speedily checked by
the use Of DR.. Briggers' HuckleberrY Cor
dial, the Great Southern Remedy that
will certainly cure cramp collie. diarrhoea
dysentery and restore the little one grad
9ually wasting away from the effects Of
teething. For sale By all druggist at 30
cents a bottle. sss
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-05-04

Mayor French received letter from A
Knox yesterday in regard to the new RAIL
road. MI. Knox writes that the Roches-
ter people are thoroughly awake on the
subject. The surveying party expects to
reach Rochester Thursday. They find the
proposed route agood one thus far. Mr..
Knox suggests that Austin representatives
meet them as soon as they reach Roches-
ter, and make arrangements for the con-
tinuation of the survey to Austin.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-05-04

A Y. NJ, e. A. has been organized in
Waseca, and is now fairly at work. A
reading room, supplied with the latest
literature, and library of one hundred
and fifty volumes has been obtained to
start with. Several pieces of gymnastic
apparatus are to be put in, and games
will be provided for those who wish
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-05-04
70 the editors Of the TRANscR1pr :

Every one has seen list Of articles the
small boys pocket contains, but here are
the contents of a bulged out pocket in a
little girls dress: A roll of tissue paper,
ball Of string, some poetry, several stones,
some gum q string Of beads, rabbits
tail, and handkerchief. A MAMMA.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-05-04
NOT,II,,,Il|.yOI.E. II I

On account Of a change in my business
! desire an Immediate settlement with all
who are indebted to me.
G. T. MILLS.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-05-04

T O. G. T.
4. AUSTIN LODGE, NO. lO7,
Meets every Monday evening in their hall.
STRANGERS stopping in the city, belonging to
this order are cordially invited.
WILSON BEACH, C. T.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-05-04
A W. ALLEN, NJ. D.
"RUSH MEDICAL" :"

Physician and Surgeon. Specialties-Eye
and Ear, Throat and Chest, and diseases of
women.
Call Office Giles s. Shepherds drug, store.
Residence, Water street. Austin. MINI.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-05-04
ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER, NO. IA

The Stated convocations of this Chapter
are held in Masonsic Hall, Austin Minnesota.
on the SECOND and FOURTH Friday evenin ngs
Of each month.
EUGENE WOOD, NJ. E. H. P.
d. z. ROBINSON, Secretary.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-05-04

E1IDELITY LODGE, NO. 80, A. F. &
IL A. NJ.
The regular communications of this lodge
are held in Masonic Hall, Austin, Minnesota,
on the FIRST and THIRD Wednesday evenings
of each month.
WM TODD, w. NJ
L. G. BAsFoRD, Secretary.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-10-26
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Easy WAY to Sew Rag Carpets.


can Elders Wife, writes the Prairie
Farmer as follows: The making of rag
carpets has always seemed like sort of
necessary evil" particularly for farm
ers' wives; but of late l do not pity my
self as much as did over that stern ne
cessity. This is how m mage it now: l
have calico bag hung i'll convenient,
yet out-of- the-way place, and on ironing
day if discover among the clothes any
thing "just fit for carpet rags" 1pat it in
that bag then when l find time, I tear
them up, being careful to have them
coarse or fine according to the texture of
the cloth, so that all will mike strips as
nearly the same size rs possible. then
take them to the sewing machine, thread
up with No. 90 or 40 thread, set the
stitch of medium length. regulate the
tension so as to make the stitch alike on
both sides, and proceed to business. Lap
and fold the rags as though sewing them
by hand, ard start in at the edge instead
of the middle of the rag, half an inch
or less back of the beginning of the Ian.
Run on a slant to the middle, sew in the
middle of the length of the lap, then
pull the rag to the left so as to run off
the edge, then do not stop to lift the
pressure foot and cut the threads but lap
another on the end OF that one and slip
it under the pressure foot, and con-
tinue ad libitum. After you once get
the hang of it, you can sew long string
OF rags in the time it has taken me to tell
you. My little folks think 1t great fun
to help mamma sew rags. One clips the
threads between the Jennings, while the
ether winds them into balls, and between
us we can sew a pound of rags in short
order.
This mode of Joining, adds the Prair e
Farmer, will only answ cr for two-thread
machines; it would not do to cut off
chain stitch machine work without fasten-
ing it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-10-26
A CliId's Hair Turning Gray.

There lives in Troy, Mo-, little girl
about eight years old, whose hair is al,
most an iron gray, and is rapidly and
perceptibly growing grayer, and the
present indications are that long before
she reaches womanhood her once raven
black hair will have become snow-white.
Some three years ago the child was
frightened almost into convulsions by a
fire which broke out in the part of the
town where she lived The morning
after the fire the mother noticed a
change in the child's hair. It had been
cut of many times in the vain hope that
new hair would come in black. The
gray hairs increase all the time, and she
will soon have a venerable looking head
on pair of young shoulders.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-10-26
The Either.

The either, that pretty little fiat harp
which is now taught in our cities, and
which so many young ladies are learning,
originated in the Alpine countries, and
was, toward the middle of our century,
used by travelling Tyrolese singers as ac-
compartment to their songs and yodels.
Even to-day, when one sees the graceful
young girl seated at the table, practicing
her either, and hears those wild chords,
an Alpine scene rises before the eyes and
transfers the modest esthetic interior, in
charming, dreamlike transformation, to
rushing streams, pine forests, blue peaks
and snow mountains, that scenery of the
Trrol a,d Switzerland which is Of all
thing INST lo"e'y.-Ansical Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-10-26
Short Stops.

Stop shirking your duties, says
Scotch exchange. Stop neglectlng to
returned borrowed books. Stop indulg-
ing in more than 100 pounds of self-con-
ceit to the square inch. Stop supposlng
that the world could not get along pref
ty we'll without you. Stop looking at
the dark side of life. Stop giving way
to fault finding. Stop furnishing your
friends with the minute particulars of
your bodily ailments. Stop taking pes
simstic views of men, things and the
theory of the universe: Stop working
too hard. Stop working not hard
enough. Stop writing to famous people
for their autographs. Stop procrastinat-
ing. Stop sending to newspapers "some,
thing Tve just dashed off and haven't
stopped to correct Stop telling busy
man: 81 know you're busy, so III only
keep you minute" as a prelude to an
hour and halfs attempt to talk his arm
off